Welfare check kay Duterte, isang standard consular duty- DFA

SINABI ng Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) na ang welfare check na isinagawa sa detenidong si dating Pangulong Rodrigo “Digong” Roa Duterte ay bahagi ng standard consular functions na ginagawa ng mga embahada ng Pilipinas at konsulado sa buong mundo.

Sinabi ng DFA na ang welfare check ay ‘duty practiced’ ng lahat ng Philippine Embassies and Consulates at “no different from what the DFA does for other Filipino citizens who are in detention abroad.”

“Officials from the Philippine Embassy in the Hague visited former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte at the Detention Center of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to conduct a welfare check,” ang sinabi ng departamento.

“This is in line with its functions under the Vienna Convention on Consular Relations and relevant Philippine laws to protect the welfare of all Filipinos,” ang sinabi pa rin ng DFA.

Sa ulat, binatikos ni Vice-President Sara Duterte ang umano’y “welfare check” na isinagawa ng Philippine Embassy sa The Hague, sa kanyang ama na si Digong Duterte

Inakusahan ng bise presidente ng pang-aabuso sa patakaran ng detention unit kaugnay ng consular visits ang naging hakbang ng mga tauhan ng Embahada ng Pilipinas sa The Netherlands.

Mababasa ang official statement ni VP Sara sa Facebook ng Office of the Vice President (OVP) ngayong araw tungkol sa nasabing issue.

“I have received disturbing information from Malacañang that a report about Former President Rodrigo Roa Duterte was submitted to President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. by the Philippine Embassy in The Hague.

“The officials entered the detention unit under the false pretense of conducting a ‘welfare check’ and interviewed FPRRD. The said officials clearly abused the rule of the detention unit concerning consular visits,” ang bahagi ng opisyal na pahayag ni VP Sara.

Kasunod nito, inakusahan niya si Pangulong Bongbong Marcos na isa sa mga umano’y nasa likod ng isinagawang welfare check.

“These are nothing but orders of President Marcos disguised as consular functions, and we strongly object to such visits. FPRRD does not need you, our family will take care of him,” saad ng bise presidente.

Sabi pa niya, ang pagbisita sa kanyang ama nang walang pahintulot mula sa kanilang pamilya ay maaaring maglagay sa panganib sa buhay nito.

“Since the month of March, there has always been at least a family member or two that visit Former President Duterte almost every day precisely to guarantee his well-being and humane treatment.

“The permission given by the ICC in allowing the agents of the very government that abducted FPRRD to intrude upon him, without seeking permission from family members who are in the Hague, places his life and safety in imminent danger,” ang paniwala ng bise presidente. ( Daris Jose)